ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

Accident reconstruction is the science of utilizing physical evidence as a basis to form a scenario describing how an accident occurred.

Diagram of two vehicle

accident. Measurements of tire

mark lengths, point of impact

and rest positions of the vehicles.

Damage deformations are measured

and utilized to compute relative velocity

changes between vehicles. This is a part

of computerized accident reconstruction.

Scene evidence, measurements of vehicle

characteristics, and measurements of

of damage deformations are input into

a computerized accident reconstruction.

Deformations to bicycle frame

yields clues as to how the

accident occurred. Analysis of injuries

to the bicycle rider are also utilized.

Basic principles of automobile accident

reconstruction are valid for other types

of accidents such as accidents involving

the large lathe to the left.